Castlevania October date is "speculation"

By Robert Purchese Published 21 July, 2010

Lords of Shadow "TBC", says Konami.

Konami has told Eurogamer that no date has been set for glamorous new PS3 and 360 game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow.

Therefore, a spokesperson added, talk of an October release must be dismissed as "speculation".

An October launch would put Castlevania: Lords of Shadow in the heart of a busy holiday schedule. Konami must believe that its big-budget, third-person interpretation of the creaky old licence will rake in the big bucks.

Certainly the talent is there: Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is collaborating - albeit in a hands-off, overseer role.

Ellie Gibson saw Lords of Shadow for Eurogamer at a pre-E3 event this year and was impressed.

Probably go somewhere else on holiday.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (8) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • menage #1 2 years ago

    Well, October is pretty busy, but if so I'll drop something else for it.

  • darkmorgado #2 2 years ago

    Fuck me this game looks amazing!

    Can't wait. I just hope it has a proper metroid-vania feel with regards to exploration and isn't linear.

  • Pastici #3 2 years ago

    pleasbegoodpleasbegoodpleasbegood

  • Salaminizer #4 2 years ago

    To be cancelled ZOMG!

  • Goodfella #5 2 years ago

    I DO like the look of this game, can't wait!

  • trip919 #6 2 years ago

    God of War and Resident Evil 4 are a clear influence. That can only be a great thing!

  • Chupakun #7 2 years ago

    I'm looking forward to this game. Screenshots aren't much to go by these days, but I'm liking the sense of atmosphere so far.

  • xenoss #8 2 years ago

    I'm surprised people are so positive about this game. Personally, I'm not liking what I see. The reason is that it looks like a generic action game given the name Castlevania, instead of the logical extension to the old Castlevania games. In other words, it doesn't look like "the new gen Castlevania", but more like "some GoW game given a big name to help sell it".

    If we remove the names from the game, you won't know this is Castlevania.

    Worse, considering the game itself without baggage, it still doesn't look that interesting. You may have GoW, but you'd still have incentive to pick up Bayonetta, or Darksiders, or even Dante's Inferno. But this? There is nothing going for it, at least from my point of view.